Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM
	BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building (2019)
Address	30 Lafayette Avenue (Peter Jay Sharp); 651 Fulton Street (BAM Strong); 321 Ashland Place (Fisher)
Location	Brooklyn, New York
Public transit	Long Island Rail Road: Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal; New York City Subway: at Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center; at Fulton Street; at Lafayette Avenue
Type	Performing arts center
Capacity	Howard Gilman Opera House: 2,109; Harvey Theater: 874; Lepercq Space: 350; Fishman Space: 250; Total: 3,583
Construction
Built	1908
Opened	1908
Website
	www.bam.org

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City. It hosts progressive and avant-garde performances, with theater, dance, music, opera, film programming across multiple nearby venues.

BAM was chartered in 1859, presented its first show in 1861, and began operations in its present location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation.^[1] It has 501(c)(3) status.^[2] Gina Duncan has served as president since April 2022.^[3] David Binder became artistic director in 2019.^[4]

^ "The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. DOS ID #: 282057". Entity Information. New York State Department of State, Division of Corporations. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ "Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc. EIN: 11-2201344". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ Stevens, Matt (February 8, 2022). "BAM Taps Former Leader of Its Film Program as Its Next President". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
^ Paulson, Michael (February 7, 2018). "Broadway Producer Named BAM's New Artistic Director". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

[1] "The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. DOS ID #: 282057". Entity Information. New York State Department of State, Division of Corporations. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[2] "Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc. EIN: 11-2201344". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[3] Stevens, Matt (February 8, 2022). "BAM Taps Former Leader of Its Film Program as Its Next President". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

[4] Paulson, Michael (February 7, 2018). "Broadway Producer Named BAM's New Artistic Director". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

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Construction
BAM
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building (2019)

Address	30 Lafayette Avenue (Peter Jay Sharp) 651 Fulton Street (BAM Strong) 321 Ashland Place (Fisher)
Location	Brooklyn, New York
Public transit	Long Island Rail Road: Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal New York City Subway: at Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center at Fulton Street at Lafayette Avenue
Type	Performing arts center
Capacity	Howard Gilman Opera House: 2,109 Harvey Theater: 874 Lepercq Space: 350 Fishman Space: 250 Total: 3,583
Built	1908
Opened	1908
Website
www.bam.org